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Acknowledgments | p. ix |
The Problems of Imitation and Human Exemplarity | p. 1 |
Introduction | p. 1 |
The Mysteries of Learning by Example: An Outline | p. 9 |
The Historical Tradition of Human Exemplarity | p. 13 |
Imitative Models of Human Exemplarity: The Standard Model | p. 13 |
Enlightenment Criticism and Nonimitative Exemplars | p. 18 |
The Historical Tradition: An Initial Assessment | p. 26 |
How Do People Become Examples? | p. 31 |
The Nature of Examples | p. 33 |
How Does Something Become an Example? | p. 37 |
Educational Implications | p. 44 |
Conclusion | p. 49 |
How Do Examples Bring Out Imitation? | p. 53 |
The Link between Action and Perception | p. 57 |
The Sense of Self and the Imitative Sorting Mechanism | p. 61 |
The Narrative-Self Theory of Imitation | p. 65 |
The Social Nature of Narrative and Imitation | p. 73 |
Educational Implications | p. 77 |
Conclusion | p. 82 |
The Social Meanings of Imitation | p. 83 |
The Meanings of Following an Example | p. 87 |
Imitation and Community Identity | p. 93 |
Imitation, Initiation, and Education | p. 97 |
Factors Influencing Imitative Meaning | p. 100 |
Imitation and Communities of Learning | p. 105 |
Conclusion | p. 107 |
Imitation, Exemplarity, and Moral Reason | p. 109 |
The Practical Objection to Imitating Examples | p. 110 |
A Social Response to the Practical Objection | p. 113 |
The Theoretical Objection to Imitating Examples | p. 119 |
A Social Response to the Theoretical Objection | p. 120 |
Conclusion | p. 125 |
How Can We Evaluate Human Exemplars? | p. 127 |
Ancient Skepticism, Exemplarity, and Criticality | p. 129 |
The Turn to Practices and Exemplar Rotation | p. 134 |
A Critical Education and Exemplarity: A Conclusion | p. 136 |
A Social Analysis of Exemplarity and Imitation | p. 139 |
Notes | p. 147 |
References | p. 153 |
Index | p. 163 |
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